Eileen Walsh

Part-Time Academic

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Email: clarinetgirl@gmail.com
Phone: 902.494.3772
Fax: 902.494.2801
Mailing Address: 
Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue
PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Performance
  • Clarinet


Education

  • BMus (UBC)
  • MMus (Indiana)

Research & creative activity

Clarinetist Eileen Walsh has been thrilled to play Second Clarinet and Bass Clarinet with Symphony Nova Scotia since October 2007. She was formerly the associate principal and E-flat clarinet with the South Bend Symphony. Eileen has attended many festivals and masterclasses, including summers at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Aspen Music Festival, National Academy Orchestra of Canada, Orford Arts Centre, and Domaine Forget Academy of Music and Dance.

Selected performances

  • Eileen's solo performances with orchestra include the Nielsen and Copland Clarinet Concertos.

Awards and honours

  • Recipient of the Aspen Music Scholarship and Mathilda Heck Woodwind Award at the WAMSO Young Artist Competition in 2006
  • Semifinalist at the International Clarinet Association’s Young Artist Competition twice